Puntarelle can be thought of as vegetable cousin to chicory. My first try, I was hooked by a marriage of this crisp fennel like vegetable with anchovy. It was, no overstatement, divine! And now if I sound like a guy who sports twin toy poodles, so be it. Puntarelle...
Nothing more delicious then crisp crackling pork skin, and seasoned pork belly rolled, yes, porchetta. This wonderful piece of prime Canadian pork belly I got from my butcher at Ridgewood European Pork store. Nothing easier, seasoned with traditional, sage, rosemary,...
Food trends are just that – trends. They come and go. Recently I noticed online social media complaints around ramps – folks dissing them as an over-played trend. I’ve been doing ramps for years, and if they’re trending, it’s either...
Along my travels in the restaurant world, I was given a lesson by a chef, who told me, “steal with your eye’s and your ears!” I tried to follow that strategy, all the while interepreting and evolving. One particular theft I took from him (using both...
